The FDA says esketamine, an antidepressant derived from the anesthetic and party drug ketamine, can now be prescribed on its ...

Johnson & Johnson's ketamine-derived nasal spray has been approved as a standalone treatment to fight depression for those ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded approval for Johnson & Johnson's nasal spray, Spravato, to allow it to be used ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Johnson & Johnson's ketamine-based nasal spray Spravato to treat adults with ...

The following is a summary of “Intranasal racemic ketamine maintenance therapy for patients with treatment-resistant ...

Since October 2020 – when the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) first authorised sale of an esketamine nasal spray for serious depression – five psychiatrists who used the therapy on their patients have ...

A single dose of the anesthetic ketamine can provide weeks of relief from severe depression. One reason may be that the drug causes long-term changes to a brain circuit involved in "giving up," a ...

A single dose of the anesthetic ketamine can provide weeks of relief from severe depression. One reason may be that the drug causes long-term changes to a brain circuit involved in "giving up," a team ...

Postpartum or perinatal depression is a form of depression that occurs following the birth of a baby. It’s a relatively common but serious medical condition. Postpartum or perinatal depression ...

Elon Musk said in a March 2024 interview that he takes ketamine to treat depression. He claimed to have a doctor's prescription for the drug. How often, or under what circumstances, he uses ...